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Airman follows in famous footsteps

December 22nd, 2009
When Airman Christopher Platte decided to join the Air Force last year, he didn't know he would be following in famous footsteps.

Graduation from Basic Military Training Dec. 11 here capped a two-day whirlwind for Airman Platte. One of the family members in attendance was his great uncle, retired Capt. Claude Platte, an original Tuskegee Airman.

BMT graduation was the first time Airman Platte could remember meeting his famous relative. Captain Platte helped broke down racial and educational barriers by becoming one of the first African American officers to be trained and commissioned in the newly reopened Air Force pilot training program at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, in the 1940s.
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